County record · Iowa

Linn County

5 Deployments on record

3 Agencies

3 Technology categories

Technology presence

ALPR · 1 Fixed cameras & RTCC · none on record Face recognition · none on record Drones / UAS · 1 Gunshot detection · none on record Body-worn & dashcam · 3 Doorbell & camera registry · none on record Cell-site simulators · none on record Predictive policing · none on record Social-media monitoring · none on record

The record, by agency

Cedar Rapids Police Department

Cedar Rapids · 3 deployments · on UnGovr: City of Cedar Rapids

ALPR Vendor: Flock Safety

The Cedar Rapids Police Department installed 70 stationary automated license plate readers in March 2025 as part of a $499,250, two-year contract with Flock Safety.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Security InfoWatch

Body-worn & dashcam

The U.S. Department of Justice awarded $96,800 to the Cedar Rapids Police Department in 2016 as part of the Bureau of Justice Assistance's body-worn camera grant program.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): U.S Department of Justice

Drones / UAS

The Cedar Rapids Police Department uses drones.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): City of Cedar Rapids Website The Gazette

Marion Police Department

Marion · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Marion

Body-worn & dashcam Vendor: Axon

The Marion Police Department began using Axon body-worn cameras in 2019, but had been using BWCs previously for more than decade.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Iowa's News Now

Mount Vernon Police Department

Mount Vernon · 1 deployment · on UnGovr: City of Mount Vernon

Body-worn & dashcam

The Mount Vernon Police Department received a Small, Rural and Tribal Body-Worn Camera Program grant for $6,950 for 8 body-worn cameras in 2023.

Sources (via the EFF Atlas): Justice & Security Strategies Justice & Security Strategies

Source: EFF Atlas of Surveillance (Electronic Frontier Foundation & University of Nevada, Reno — Reynolds School of Journalism) · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved July 2026